The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26

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anxiety in women about that part of the head
which they have never been able to see except
with a couple of glasses. ''Wh hat II the stem OF
that nicely amalgamated switch was sticking
outr Horrible suspicion! "What il the joint in
that rotary motion hang was visibleP Poiice!
but it's Understanding suggestion. On goes the
hat with due fhankfulnass for its dimensions
The other night an audience was startled by
shrek that came from the darkened auditorium
know all about it. Emmas father is retired
captain of the naval description. He took her
to the theater and there he jawed about a white
lace hat, with lilies of the valley sticking mp all
over il, that was reared in front OF him. Then
he whipped the other woman over Ems head
THAT poor little baldneaded man, who has
taken off his hair. not to interfere with peoples
comfort. who is sitting behind you, he SAID:
cant see a thing. with that inf fernal mass OF
flowers aud fitermagilders you've got stuck
on it."
En- is afraid of Pa and she meeky took off
her hat and put it in her lap. She held 1t all
through that act, and when the curtain fell. Pa
said he'd go out to ''see il ii WAS raining" En-
had been on the point of sneezing dozen times
with foreign birds tail-feathers tickling her
nose. and fifteen hollyhocks scratching her chin.
OF that hat in her lap. She was glad OF las
going, and she just laid her hat, holly
his stay was protraeted. The curtain rose on
the third act. EN- was SO absorbed that she took
note of time. Pa tramped down the dark
aisle. and deposited 275 pounds, hay-scsles
weight. ker-chuuk on Ems hat. Five big pins
that she had herself put in to direct the position
OF the foreign birds tail feathers did their full
work. "A deck Word-a regular Btlif -pfeez0, WA
terlogged word-cama out of the old man, while
EN- gave a shrek that stopped the action OF the
play for one quarter OF minute. Em SAID 70
me, when she showed me that hat Now. what
is itl My new $50 hat or . dew-drop lamp-matl'
'Do drop the subject. EN-, and tell hsr about
the new gems you bought to-day" said Pa.
So the hat was not total loss
Miss Minnie Murray, daughter OF a wealthy
brewer, celebrated her seventeenth birthday
this week, and Millionaire Mackey's wife sent
to her a set of carved coral from one or the
most fashionable jewelers. OF Paris. Patti made
some charming good gifts before she LETT
New York. One was a coral bar-pin, studded
with five pink diamonds, and with earrings to
match Lady Stafford went to the theater one
night in full dress, and her ornaments were a
necklace Of Naples coral cut in square blocks
with q diamond set in each block. Mrs. Lang
try carries a parasol of white silk, over which
white lace is gathered from the center to the
outer EDGE and the handle is an immense stick
of finely cut coral So coral is in fashion. The
great drawback to its popularity Is the clever
with which it is counterfeited- Patti went
to a swell dinner wearing pearl necklace and
modest pair of solitaires.
II suppose you expected to see me in my Rus
sian necklace" said she to her hostess, but, my
dear, would not wear my stage paste to your
dinner, though no one should discover them, ana
will tell you a secret have not got valua-
BILE gem in this country only the imitation ou-
plicates of the really fine stones l possess 1t
got to be such bore living with the police in
my carriage, at my dressing room door, In the
wings escorting me very closely every step L
took. I found remedy in paste These COM
pnratively vaueless articles, representing a
million dollars, lie in asatchel on lounge In my
chamber at the hotel That bag gives me no
uneasiness. If the real stones were out of
vault doub locked and guarded. should be on
tborns of apprehension"
Madam Janauschek is disabled for the stage
by a broken hip Door old lady, and so there can
be suspicion Of advertising in a story OF her
precious stones. She has probably the finest
collection possessed by any actress in this couu-
try. She keeps them in the commonest kind OF
arough wood box. Langtry has an iron casket
covered with gold plush, in which she totes
around her trophies Bernhardt has series OF
leather cases. Davenport has n steel-lined re-
ceptacle. But Janauschek dumps hers all to-
gether with an occasional bit of paper wrapped
around some particular gem, into the old I'M
painted box that has n wooden handle on top.
This is always carried by dragon of a maid.
but dragons sometimes careless, and once
in Western barn of a station, waiting
for a train, Japauschek strayed out for paper
and the maid wandered off for something else,
and when they met in the ladies'room both
stared aebast. for neither had the precious box.
and each had supposed the other taking care
of it. The maid Explained In voluble German
that it had heen left on the settee in that wait
ingroom, and vigorous search was set up. The
railway officials soon learned that a fortune in
precious stones was gone, and the excltement
was intense. The police arrived. Janauschek
narvously gave slender list of the principal
gems. She Frustrated with alarm. There
were the Nicholas ear-drops worth 81, 600; Anna
of Austria's cross, 81. 900; the set of dia-
mopds given by Napoleon III, valued at
$4 900; the presents of the Rothschild family
alone reached So, 600, and Indian prince in the
long ago. when Janauesehek was young and
charming, had told his love in language which
both understood. His conversation mounted
up fearfullv The anecdote of his affections
related in gems was worth more than $4 0O0
The railway men fell over she police in their
excitement-but no box. The telegraph was
worked for all it vas worth A man in a linen
duster, who sat near them, had departed for
some interior point They wired to catch him.
Everything was at fever heat. when Dennis,
sort of under porter, whose duty was TO keep
the waiting-room tidy. arrived from his sup
"Fhat was all this commoshin about'n he
asked.
FIFTY thousand dollars worth of diamonds
has been lost"
'tAn'na who lost emF
''The old lady beyant"
''Go hang yersllf-she hasn't the price of tin
cint oTeastpin.' said he, contemptuously.
just here a reporter took down a minute de-
scrption of the exterior of the jewel casket-
trough unpainted wood. very much battered
and begrimed, with a wooden handle on top
1T must have looked very like a bGotblacks
box" said he. 4
"Hooroo," shouted Dennis. II behave have
the thing / caught il beyant on the sittee. an,
thinks l. that's Lame Pats kit-bad cess to him.
leaving his ould box in dacint safes"
"And what have you done with itl" yelled
dozen.
the spalpeen whin he came afther It,"
He fairly thrown at the closet. and he
calmly unloaded the boz end in corner
under some mops and brooms in company with a
few pals. Januaschek was delighted. She
called her maid to give the man twenty dollar
bill.
Give me a sight of a thousad dollars worth of
diamonds is all / ask" laughed Dennis; and
Januaschek, having the entire police force At her
back, opened the box and drew out necklace,
by the recollection of whose brilliancy the town
is lighted to this day. believe.
CLARA BELLE
Exciting Times Ahead for Manitoba.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba. June 25.-Secret orders
have been issued to local volun seer battalons to